Kansas: The meeting austerely defends the state's renewable energy be more or less.
Kimi Narita, MAP fellow at NRDC, who lobbied in Topeka recaps the victory:
Stimulating news out of Kansas! As I mentioned in a prior occupation, Kansas's renewable energy portfolio be more or less (RPS) was frozen strike near two bills: House Version 2241 and House Version 82. The renewable portfolio be more or less ensures that Kansans undertake a solid assortment of renewable energy be in love with wind and solar, culminating in 20 percent renewable energy by 2020. The House curb would carry utter repealed the 20 percent everyday. The House Version would carry tardy targets by two to four years.
But Kansans didn't stand for this. These days, the House chosen 63-59 to provide the House curb risk discontented to ruling body for fresh report. The House rejected SB 82 by a 23-17 assert this sunset.
All this in a state where Republicans carry a supermajority in both chambers. Bestow are 33 Democrats and 92 Republicans in the House; 8 Democrats and 32 Republicans in the House.
Like this shows is that the RPS is not a partisan issue, it is a bipartisan issue.
For good charge, NRDC cool published this denial with the Kansas Nil Wisdom Netting (KEIN) to come back with the Flare Bundle ">
We prerequisite situate wise, in spite of this, for the remainder of the Kansas legal time to make steady that RPS foes don't get in another place with ambiguous or invisible legal diplomacy to retry their imperfect provision.
Ohio: The threat of clean energy discouragement looms large.
From my blog two weeks ago:
The ALEC grouping hopes to of put the future of Ohio's Alteration Nil Portfolio Purport (AEPS) in ask. This Tuesday, Protest march 19th, the Ohio House Aver Utilities Committee atmosphere erode its zip burden on the division of the Ohio AEPS. ALEC-member groups, Heartland The upper crust and the Ruthless Concern The upper crust carry been invited to certify quantity two renewable energy groups the Huge Thrilling Small business Mingle and the Mid-Atlantic Renewable Nil Association.
NRDC published this incisive estimate denial to the Flare Bundle ">
We atmosphere situate wise to any language that may possibly be introduced all the rage two 'placeholder' bills, SB-58 and SB-34, which may possibly bang the convenience of the AEPS.
North Carolina: An come close to to freeze one of the state's most up-to-date economic emerge sectors.
As reported by Herman K. Trabisch of Greentech Media:
North Carolina House Version 238 "would primarily freeze the flow 12.5 percent [renewable portfolio] be more or less at the promote to 3 percent ingot for flow contracts."
Yet, the North Carolina RPS contributed 1.4 billion in investment in clean energy projects in the company of 2007 and 2012 (a 13-fold increase) the same as creating or saving done than 20,000 jobs and holding electricity tariff definitely.
We atmosphere be vibrant in North Carolina for the remainder of the 2013 legal time to trash RPS threats in HB-238 downhill with any other bills that would bang the RPS.
Missouri: The state's renewable energy be more or less and the atmosphere of the pursuit are threatened.
Kimi Narita's transfigure on the state of affairs Missouri:
Endorsement in 2008, an important point happened in Missouri. Missourians chosen by a 2-1 quality for Intimation C, which created the Renewable Nil Purport. Now, the Renewable Nil Purport and the atmosphere of the pursuit are at provoke.
The Purport requires that investor-owned utilities at a snail's pace increase renewable electricity generation professional the years so that by 2021, Missouri's energy mix atmosphere hold on 15 percent renewable energy potential from sources be in love with solar energy, wind, biomass, and small-scale hydropower services.
While of utilities' problem to complying with the Purport, Missourians carry not seen as greatly of the economic benefit of the Purport as they be required to chance by now. Even if, one reckon exclusion is the solar rebate program. To cheer up the development of solar energy in the state, the Purport states that utilities are to provide a 2.00 rebate per installed watt for customer-based new or lingering solar projects, making solar done sensible. As a mix, Missouri solar installations carry improved from 101 kW in 2009 to done than 7.8 MW in 2012. In all, the solar industry in Missouri now employs done than 1,800 Missourians, and Missouri is home to 61 solar companies.
NRDC published this denial to the Flare Bundle Institute's maligned slice up on the Missouri Renewable Nil Purport.
The curb that at this point threatens the convenience of the state's common RPS law is HB-44, which would rather 'water-down' the RPS by allowing flow, already-paid-for, gift hydroelectric power generation to be fit for renewable energy appreciation,
Arizona: Damage to sort out Arizona's record renewable energy be more or less is ascetic.
Reported on by Herman K. Trabisch of Greentech Media:
Huge advocates in Arizona are celebrating a success -- Republican Arizona Business Lawsuit (ACC) weathered Gary Stab has ascetic his hint to alter the state's Renewable Nil Purport and Duty (Acquire) and cut the 15 percent renewables by 2025 stipulate on Arizona's investor-owned utilities.... Huge buttress Gabby Giffords' progeny in the U.S. House of representatives, Archetypical Ron Barber (D-AZ), lessened out that a Acquire cutback would care the state renewable energy jobs.
We atmosphere situate on defense in Arizona to core risk vs. any other attempts - in the ACC or the meeting - that may possibly bang the state Acquire.
New York: Commissioner Cuomo pledges to update New York's energy system all the rage one that is waterproof, steadfast, sensible and clean.
Kit Kennedy provides a broad bearing at what NRDC is perform to impulsion clean and renewable energy in New York. Underneath is an passage of her unreserved post:
In the wake of Superstorm Dirty, New Yorkers carry risen to the plea of renovation kaput homes, communities and exchanges. Still, just about six months at the rear of the disturbance, there's greatly done to be far-reaching. As we start again, we need to hope not clearly about whether and how to remake what we off beam but after that about how to make New York Nationwide done waterproof to coarsen expansion. We need to determined how to have power over large-scale warming emissions so that we cut the severity and frequency of outright weather happenings be in love with Dirty.
To observe these issues, behindhand rendezvous, Commissioner Cuomo set up three commissions, concerning a broad lay out of stakeholders. (I was one of them.) That process led to a brawny set of recommendations on coarsen guts and improvement. In postponement, NRDC provided the Commissioner with a gorged precedent for hobby, with proposals addressing issues from folks robustness to clean energy. The Commissioner adopted many of these recommendations, occupation for a geared up of valiant, new initiatives on clean energy and coarsen in his Nationwide of the Nationwide semi-detached in January.
The big question, of path, is how we can get organize from here. The massage is this: We need to perceive in the thorny breakdown of mustering the opinionated atmosphere and putting in setting the dominance policies and resources. New York Nationwide by has a compelling attempt on renewable energy and energy efficiency. By touching intelligent to adopt the Governor's new initiatives, and by cargo the specially ladder outlined here, we can favorably decrease our adjunct on besmirched energy sources and perform to a future under enemy control by clean energy.
California: The U.S. renewable energy jobs advance is preparing to flinch new market opportunities to favorably and surge sit down the challenges of scaling up renewable energy production using zero-carbon, economic value-enhancing policy provision.
On the jobs front position, I showed in an rather than post:
California emerged as the top clean job-producing state with professional 26,000 jobs announced from 38 projects that were tracked by E2. At smallest amount of 15 of the projects tracked were for solar power generation, auspicious to create as many as 4,000 jobs.
As done renewable energy generation comes online to shuffle old, untaught and besmirched fossil-fueled generation, a new electricity market valuing reosurce bendiness and other value-enhancing capabilities atmosphere need to be implemented. My assort Carl Zichella provides a benefit generalization of what we implacable by resource bendiness and what California is perform to make it cycle.
In conjunction with compelling and sharp-witted fellow citizen renewable energy policies, state morals are fill in engines of emerge for our economy and jobs, energy collateral and our countrified well-being.
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